Kamala Harris, who spent $1.4 billion losing every swing state, says Trump is rigging the midterms.
Harris posted a video Thursday accusing Trump of trying to cheat in the upcoming November midterms. The specific policy she targeted: a requirement that states tell the Postal Service which voters should receive federal mail-in ballots, so each envelope gets a unique tracking identifier.
“They are cheating. They are trying to cheat,” Harris said in the video. “And we have got to turn out in big numbers and be too big to rig.”
As originally reported, this is the same Kamala Harris who, along with most Democrats and a large portion of the media, spent years mocking Trump for raising concerns about election integrity and rigged outcomes. Now, with Republicans looking likely to hold power this fall, those same arguments are making a sudden comeback, just from the other direction.
So what exactly is the “cheating” she described? Breaking it down, the policy involves identifying which voters are supposed to receive federal ballots, placing barcodes on those envelopes for tracking through the mail system, and confirming that what was sent out matches what came back. That is the same basic chain-of-custody process FedEx uses for packages and the IRS uses for certified mail. It is standard documentation that any transparent election system would want in place.
Harris also leaned on a familiar talking point, noting that Trump himself votes by absentee ballot from Mar-a-Lago. The implication being that his support for mail ballot tracking makes him a hypocrite. The argument falls apart quickly. Using mail voting and wanting that mail voting to be verifiable and trackable are not contradictory positions. They are, in fact, the same position applied consistently.
The video ran 47 seconds. It did not make a sustained case against tracking ballot delivery. It assembled familiar phrases at speed and pointed them at a policy that most logistics companies apply to everyday shipments without controversy.
Harris has not held federal office since January 2025, when she lost the presidential race to Trump after a campaign that burned through $1.4 billion and failed to carry a single swing state. Despite that outcome, she remains an active voice in Democratic politics, and her video quickly circulated among supporters and critics alike.
The underlying policy debate, whether mail ballots should have individual tracking identifiers tied to specific voters, is a legitimate and ongoing legal and legislative fight. Democrats have challenged related measures in court over the past two years. That is the real argument worth having. What Harris offered Thursday was something shorter, louder, and considerably less specific.